Scott v. State

The indictment in this, case charges that on June 6, 1932, in Cobb county, Georgia, Elmer Pressley, T. S. Scott, Henry Stewart, E. S. Wright, and Albert Borders did "wrongfully and fraudulently take, steal, and carry away with intent to steal the same, nine white leghorn chicken hens, the personal goods and private property of P. J. Turner, and being of the value of six dollars.” On July 26, 1932, a jury found T. S. Scott, the plaintiff in error, guilty. The exception here is to the judgment overruling Scott’s motion for a new trial, based upon the general and four special grounds.

P. J.…